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Hard to hear advice for the wife dealing with baby mama drama-image

Hard to hear advice for the wife dealing with baby mama drama

Dealing with baby mama drama as a wife is very different from dealing with baby mama drama as a girlfriend. As a wife you should be a permanent fixture, so you deserve the respect of that position.  But, don't let...

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Are You Romanticizing Your Relationship?-image

Are You Romanticizing Your Relationship?

I love Dr. Maya Angelou’s quote “When people show you who they are- believe them”. It’s so good because most issues we have in relationships are that people will tell us who they are, but we decide to create a...

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It’s the things you don’t say that damage your relationship-image

It’s the things you don’t say that damage your relationship

The things we don’t say in relationships are the things that get us in the most trouble. Common knowledge is that it’s the words that slip out of our mouths that get us into the biggest trouble.  But I’m flipping...

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Strong Woman Myths-image

Strong Woman Myths

Strong Woman Myths My mother was a stay at home mom. She loved her work. She felt very passionate about her role as a mom. But she came from a time when the lines were more impenetrable between stay at...

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When You Feel Insecure In Your Relationship-image

When You Feel Insecure In Your Relationship

You would think that after you have been married, your insecurity about your relationship should dissipate. That the longer you stay together, it should resolve itself. Unfortunately, I have not seen this to be the case. Granted, I know that...

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To The Woman In A Difficult Relationship-image

To The Woman In A Difficult Relationship

‘I think I’ll marry a difficult guy and have a difficult relationship…’ said no one ever. And yet, several women in my practice, my friends, and acquaintances find themselves in difficult relationships.  There’s this book by Mira Kirshenbaum- "Too Good...

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Setting an intention for your relationship this year-image

Setting an intention for your relationship this year

Most people set goals or resolutions every year. They’re usually personal. Not as many set an intention or goal specifically about their relationship. Whether you’re in a difficult relationship, or you’re in a great relationship in a difficult spot, every...

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How to forgive yourself for the dumb things you did this past decade-image

How to forgive yourself for the dumb things you did this past decade

As we enter this new year, I reflect on cherished memories of all the wonderful decisions, opportunities and experiences this decade held for me. I encourage you to do the same. But I can’t help but remember some of the...

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How Not To Be Bitter-image

How Not To Be Bitter

I recently had a client who’s in a very difficult relationship. “He made me the angry, bitter woman that no one can stand,” she said. And it’s true. She is kind of bitter. So how can you avoid becoming this...

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Woman, Quit Trying To Save Everyone!-image

Woman, Quit Trying To Save Everyone!

A friend confided in me today that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. My heart aches for her and her daughter. I remember being 15 and pregnant and how scary that time was for me in my life and...

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How Busy Women Fool Ourselves Into Thinking We Are Happy-image

How Busy Women Fool Ourselves Into Thinking We Are Happy

So you’ve been told that you need to get educated, get a great job, get married, buy a house, get a raise, make babies and juggle all those balls for many years and that will make you happy. On most...

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How To Get Out of A Funk-image

How To Get Out of A Funk

A funk is not the same as a clinical depression, but sometimes, it feels like it. I remember soon after my son was born, something was bothering me and I was all prepared to sink into a funk for a...

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It’s never too late to live your best life-image

It’s never too late to live your best life

Most of us have dreams, ideas, passions that we would love to pursue. We think of them from time to time, then we tell ourselves, “but I can’t do that!” You make up a reason: I’m too old, I don’t...

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Newly Single? How to Financially Get Over Your Ex-image

Newly Single? How to Financially Get Over Your Ex

This article was originally published at HiCharlie.com by Laura Gariepy | Feb 25, 2019 Breakups are painful and confusing. All of a sudden, your life is completely different and you now need to deal with everything on your own —...

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Is your busyness like a drug?-image

Is your busyness like a drug?

I know firsthand how useful busyness can be in your life. We wear it as a badge of honor, but it can also be a shield of protection. Just like any drug, it starts out small, unintentional. No one sets...

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Baby Mama Drama- When You’re The Baby Mama-  7 Tips to Handling His New Relationship-image

Baby Mama Drama- When You’re The Baby Mama- 7 Tips to Handling His New Relationship

The day you gave birth to your beautiful baby, you never imagined you would be in this situation. We all know the term- Baby Mama.  No one purposefully becomes one. But it’s the reality of our modern world and it’s...

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Why No Relationship Will Make You Happy-image

Why No Relationship Will Make You Happy

  Why He Can’t Make You Happy I am talking to single women, married women, dating women- all women here! No relationship can make you happy!   When someone says to me – “He just doesn’t make me happy anymore”.......

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When It’s Okay For A Strong Woman to Quit-image

When It’s Okay For A Strong Woman to Quit

     You’re reading this because there is something in your life that you have an inkling you need to let go. Whether it’s a job, a relationship, a dream or a life path, you know you really shouldn’t be...

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Is Baby Mama Drama Hurting Your Relationship? Here’s How To Fix It-image

Is Baby Mama Drama Hurting Your Relationship? Here’s How To Fix It

So your man is a pretty wonderful guy. Things are going so well. You might have even married him. What in the world could mess this up? Oh, the mother of his kids! Baby mama drama began with the start...

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6 Survival Tips For Moms Going Back To School-image

6 Survival Tips For Moms Going Back To School

So, you’ve decided to take the plunge. There have been a million reasons over the years why you couldn’t go back to school, but now, all the stars are almost aligned (Let’s face it, there’s never a truly perfect moment)...

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